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  • 26-04-2012 10:33pm
    #1
    CongressTart
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭


    I see an ad there for a relaunch of Internet Explorer. Do you think it will be able to catch up with Chrome and Firefox, or is it doomed forever?


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    #2
    FatherLen
    Registered Users Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    yes


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    #3
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    It's f*cked


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    #4
    Eathrin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,076 ✭✭✭Eathrin


    Hah, as much a chance as Yahoo becoming the leading search engine again.


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    #5
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    /googles internet explorer on firefox


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    #6
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    Oh god not a chance. *shudders*


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    #7
    MungBean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭MungBean


    Bout time it pissed off and died I think.


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    #8
    ygolometsipe
    Registered Users Posts: 882 ✭✭✭ygolometsipe


    relaunch = flogging a dead horse!


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    #9
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,646 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Netscape Navigator is still better than IE.


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    #10
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    What's Chrome and Firefox?


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    conor.hogan.2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,246 ✭✭✭conor.hogan.2


    CongressTart wrote: »
    I see an ad there for a relaunch of Internet Explorer. Do you think it will be able to catch up with Chrome and Firefox, or is it doomed forever?

    Catch up with? It is still the biggest browser?!?


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    VampiricPadraig
    Registered Users Posts: 632 ✭✭✭VampiricPadraig


    IE6 is better than IE9


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    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    smash wrote: »
    It's f*cked

    It'll survive with people who dont know any better [which is most]
    but it can fcuk right off as far as Im concerned


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    Mr. Rager
    Registered Users Posts: 1,958 ✭✭✭Mr. Rager


    Just no.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFE4rkSaKOY


    How Iron Man and a sports car are relevant to this video I'll never know.


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    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    conor.hogan.2 wrote: »
    CongressTart wrote: »
    I see an ad there for a relaunch of Internet Explorer. Do you think it will be able to catch up with Chrome and Firefox, or is it doomed forever?

    Catch up with? It is still the biggest browser?!?
    You're either taking the piss or living in the early 2000's


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    CongressTart
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭CongressTart


    conor.hogan.2 wrote: »
    Catch up with? It is still the biggest browser?!?

    In third world countries where they haven't updated the internet, perhaps.


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    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,878 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    Steady decline since 2002. http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp


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    El Weirdo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,646 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Is it still "fuzzy"?


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    conor.hogan.2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,246 ✭✭✭conor.hogan.2


    smash wrote: »
    You're either taking the piss or living in the early 2000's

    Post me up any links that show IE as being behind Chrome or FF?

    http://www.statowl.com/web_browser_market_share.php
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

    I do not use it but it is still the no1 browser by usage.


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    DitzyPoo92
    Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭DitzyPoo92


    Doomed. DOOMED I TELLS YA!


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    #21
    Boards.ie: Neil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 503 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Neil


    in fairness ie9 is good browser and is fairly standards compliant, ie10 will do more of the same.

    microsoft have acknowledged that ie6 needs to go (it was a good browser back when it launched in 2003) so much so they created this site http://www.ie6countdown.com/ still 23% in china FFFFFUUUUU


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    BigBabyTaylor
    Registered Users Posts: 198 ✭✭BigBabyTaylor


    No its awful. Design websites sometimes in college and they just dont work in IE for no reason at all.
    What annoys me most though is that anytime I go onto it it asks me to switch my default browser to IE. Theres no box to say dont ask again or anything. Pisses me off


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    El Weirdo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,646 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    conor.hogan.2 wrote: »
    Post me up any links that show IE as being behind Chrome or FF?

    http://www.statowl.com/web_browser_market_share.php
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

    I do not use it but it is still the no1 browser by usage.
    http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp


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    #24
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    I turned on IE when this thread started and here I am 15 MINUTES LATER:mad:


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    #25
    conor.hogan.2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,246 ✭✭✭conor.hogan.2


    El Weirdo wrote: »
    http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

    http://w3fools.com/
    Useless site.

    Pretty much every other (actually respected websites) rank IE as still being no1 in terms of usage. I do not use it (even when I use Windows) and it is very very much on the decline but it is still the most used.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Boards.ie: Neil wrote: »
    in fairness ie9 is good browser and is fairly standards compliant, ie10 will do more of the same.

    microsoft have acknowledged that ie6 needs to go (it was a good browser back when it launched in 2003) so much so they created this site http://www.ie6countdown.com/ still 23% in china FFFFFUUUUU
    Probably due to the amount of people pirating XP in China. :pac:

    I dropped IE about 18 months ago, I just thought the interface was a load of cack since IE7. However I wouldn't grill someone for using it, that's their choice. I don't try to preach my opinions on others.


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    titan18
    Registered Users Posts: 11,932 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    El Weirdo wrote: »
    http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

    Tbf, the vast majority of stats show IE as still being the biggest, but losing users. Also, the w3schools stats are pretty far away from everything else I've seen


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    DitzyPoo92
    Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭DitzyPoo92


    The only reason why Internet Explorer is the most popular is because it's the internet browser that comes with all Microsoft PCs/laptops and most people are either too lazy to download a better browser or are totally clueless about computers.


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    Thrill
    Registered Users Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    Where To wrote: »
    I turned on IE when this thread started and here I am 15 MINUTES LATER:mad:


    15 minutes!!

    I just tried mine now, less than 10 seconds. (IE9 64-bit)

    I forgot it existed.:)


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    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Thrill wrote: »
    15 minutes!!

    I just tried mine now, less than 10 seconds. (IE9 64-bit)

    I forgot it existed.:)

    There's also a 64bit variant of firefox.....

    http://waterfoxproject.org/

    ;)


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    #31
    Boards.ie: Neil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 503 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Neil


    BigBabyTaylor wrote: »
    No its awful. Design websites sometimes in college and they just dont work in IE for no reason at all.
    What annoys me most though is that anytime I go onto it it asks me to switch my default browser to IE. Theres no box to say dont ask again or anything. Pisses me off
    i do it for a living :pac:, ie support is a pain in the balls i don't think you'll find anyone that argues that, but they are such a huge chunk of users you can't ignore them.

    ie9 is the first browser that microsoft have released that there's very little tweaking needed to make a design work.


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